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Deaths on April 30

1671 : . . . Frangep n, Hungarian nobleman/plotter, beheaded
1328 : ... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies
1945 : Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1974 : Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67
1956 : Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
1982 : Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
1896 : Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
1959 : Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
1984 : Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
1943 : Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
1196 : Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
1963 : Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74
1942 : Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
1847 : Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
1952 : Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
1977 : Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
1992 : Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies
1994 : David Langton, dies of a heart at 81
1922 : David M Chumaceiro, Cura‡aos poet, dies
1996 : David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
1996 : David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78
1993 : David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
1995 : Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
1893 : Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61
1976 : Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
1971 : Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
1630 : Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
1993 : Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
1943 : Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz
1945 : Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
1994 : Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
1903 : Fran‡ois Cr‚pin, Belgian botany, dies at 72
1996 : Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
1968 : Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
1912 : Frantisek Kmoch, composer, dies
1784 : Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
1785 : Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
1848 : Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1929 : Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (Trmer), dies at 63
1887 : Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
1994 : Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner, dies at 46
1983 : George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79
1985 : George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
1991 : George Speri Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
1829 : George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC
1972 : Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
1895 : Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78
1893 : Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
1970 : Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
1792 : Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
1965 : Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
1996 : Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78
1855 : Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
1919 : Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
1982 : Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies
1987 : Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
1214 : Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies
1970 : Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
1942 : J van Hoddis, writer, dies at 54
1970 : Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71
1988 : James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
1632 : Jean de Tilly, fieldmarshal, dies
1795 : Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies
1983 : Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
1800 : John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
1900 : John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
1792 : John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73
1973 : Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75
1996 : Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
1793 : Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
1957 : Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1933 : Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
1980 : Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
1991 : Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at 39
1030 : Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
1984 : Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
1983 : Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
1972 : Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
1671 : P‚ter Zrinyi, Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49
1743 : Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
1660 : Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
1712 : Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78
1995 : Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival king, dies at 34
1966 : Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
1994 : Richard McClure Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74
1994 : Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
1931 : Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
1859 : Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
1989 : Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 60
1828 : Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
1632 : Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
1708 : Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
1982 : Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
1934 : William Henry Welch, dies at 75

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